6 Dec 2013

Why the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal’s genocide verdict against Israel sets a key precedent



 





A crater is seen on the ground following an overnight Israeli air strike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 20, 2013.(AFP Photo / Mohammed Abed)



Until now, Israel has been getting away with anything it likes. A series of revolutions and counter-revolutions in the Arabic world has driven it into chaos, and seems to have pushed the Palestinian issue off the international agenda for good.

And yet Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim country, has now called a tribunal for war crimes and produced a genocide ruling – against whom?

Not against Assad, as one might have expected, but against Israel, the state that considers itself to be beyond the jurisdiction of any court or tribunal.

READ MORE HERE
http://rt.com/op-edge/tribunal-israel-genocide-key-precedent-711/







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